Tobacco-truck.



N0. 695,4!2. Patented Mar. II`, |902.

'c F. Moons. TOBACCO TRUCK.

(Application filed .Tuna 29, 1901.)

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'STATES CHARLIE F. MOORE, OF ORMONDSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

ToBAcco-TRUCK.

srrscrnrcn'ron forming part of Letters Application tiled .Tune 29,1901.

To LZ/Z whom, it may concern: A Be it known that I, CHARLIE F.- MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at'Ormondsville,in the county of Greene and State of North Carolina, haveinvented a new and. useful Tobacco-Truck, of which the following is a specification. l This invention is an improved construction of truckv particularly adapted for transporting leaf#tobacco from the field to the'warehouse or barn. Y The object of the invention is to'provide an exceedingly light and durable construction of truck from which the body can be quickly and easily lifted for the purpose of dumping the same. .Y

With these objects in view the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the various parts and in their novel combination or arrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the In the drawings forming vpart of this speci iication,Figure l is a `perspective View of a truck constructed in accordance with my inf vention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the run" ning-gear. Fig. 3 is a Vertical sectional View of the truck. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the front bolster and forward-end of-V reach. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the'fifth-wheel and supporting-block. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the bracket arranged upon the end of the bolster for holding the body improper position. Y

In constructing a truck in accordancewith my invention I employ a pairtof rear wheels A, mounted upon the rear axle B, said axle having a bolster C secured thereto by clips D. This bolster C is of considerably more than the ordinary height of rear bolster, and the reach E and rear hounds F passthrough the said bolster about midway its height, and the clips D, which connect the bolster to the axle,

also serve to secure the rear ends of the hounds F. Bracerods F', attached to the under side of the reach, extend also to theunder side of the axle, and the ends of the clips pass through the ends of said brace-rods, as most clearly shown in Fig. 3. The forward end of the rod E is securely fastened to the front bolster G,

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Serial No.'( i6,592. (Nolmodel.) y x 'wear-plates E and G', respectively, being se- Y cured to the bottom of the rod and bolster. Only one front wheel H is employed, and this wheehis considerably smaller in diameter than ,the rear wheels, said front Wheel being ymound-nl upon Van axle-I, which is securely fastened to a block K,'carrying the fifthwheel lL at itsvupper end- The block K is slotted vertically, as'shown atlK, to receive f 4the wheel H, and the front hounds M pass through fthe said block about midway its heightu pon oppositesides of the Vertical slot K', saidV hounds being'united at their forward ends and'provided with a clevis M', while at their rear ends they are connected by means p Brace-rods M3 extend beneath the hounds and block, said rods being connected by the bolts N, which serve to securethe iifth-WheeL- the hounds, and the bbrace-rods. The `king-bolt `O passes through theft-ont bolster and front end of. the reach and through the centerof theV rest-block K, the lower en d of said bolt being` located at the upper end of the slot or opening K.

Pindicates .the body of the truck, which is made as light as'possible, andthe side beams are extended beyond the front and rear ends of' the body and shaped into handles P', so that the body can' be quickly and easily lifted off the running-gear whenever desired. The body rests upon the rear and front bolsters, and bracket-arms Q are fastened upon the said bolster adjacent to their ends in order to hold the body in place upon the bolster and prevent any lateral movement. Any suitable draft appliance may be attachedto the clevis M for the purpose of moving the truck. I

It will thus be seen' that lI provide an ex- `ceedingly cheap and simplejconstrnction of truck particularly adapted for handling leaftobacco and one which will be exceedingly strong and durable. v v

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-f- A tobacco-truck comprising a body removably supported upon a running-gear, said runninggear comprising a rear and front bolster lhaving supporting-brackets at each end, the connecting pole or reach, the rest- IOO block siottedvertiealiy and adapted to receive front and rear hounds and the front and rear Iche frontJ Wheel, a fifth-wheel arranged upon brace-rods all arranged and adapted to oper- Lhe upper end of said rest-block, the forward ate substantially as shown and described. end of the pole or reach and the bolster being CHARLIE F. MOORE.

adapted fo turn upon the said fifLh-whee1, ai i VituesseS: king-boit passing through Lhe said bolster, II. F. KEEL, reach and upper portion of the restb1ook,t,he XV. E. BELCHER. 

